Faculty

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Timothy Tan
MD, MPH

Chief and Medical Director of Emergency Medicine

Medical School:
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Residency:
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Fellowship:
International Emergency Medicine at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Interests:
Emergency department operations, healthcare data analytics, and international disaster response.

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Lilly C. Lee
MD, MS, FACEP, FAAEM

Academic Chief of Emergency Medicine

Medical School:
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Residency:
University Massachusetts Medical Center

Interests:
Emergency department operations, emergency department quality of care, trauma, public health, research, and education.

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Mark Supino
MD, FACEP

Director of Clinical Services and Director of Emergency Observation Unit

Medical School:
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Residency:
Stroger-Cook County Hospital

Interests:
Uropathogens, ultrasound, graduate medical education, process improvement, patient flow, and metrics.

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Christopher Freeman
MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Program Director

 

Medical School:
Albany Medical College

Residency:
Albany Medical College

Interests:
Educational assessments and evaluation.

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Patricia Panakos
MD, FAAEM

Associate Program Director

Medical School:
University of Florida College of Medicine

Residency:
Temple University Hospital

Interests:
Education, public health, human immunodeficiency virus infection, HCV, and simulation.

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Emily Brauer
MD, FACEP

Assistant Program Director

Medical School:
Chicago Medical School

Residency:
Henry Ford Hospital

Interests:
Emergency medicine foundations, Simulation, and Resident Education

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Guy Carmelli
MD

Assistant Program Director

Medical School: USC’s Keck School of Medicine

Residency:
Kings County/SUNY Downstate

Fellowship:
Medical Education at Kings County/SUNY Downstate

Interests:
Resident and medical student education, curricular design, innovative digital design and cardiovascular emergencies.

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Marc Olshan
MD, MBA

Assistant Program Director

Medical School:
Drexel University College of Medicine

Residency:
Northwell Health, Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Interests:
Medical education, simulation, administration, and international emergency medicine

Jonathan Azoulai

Jonathan Azoulai
MD

Medical Student Clerkship Director

Medical School:
University of Florida College of Medicine

Residency:
Beth Israel Medical Center

Interests:
Clinical Education, Business in Medicine, and Personal Finance for Physicians

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Jeffrey N. Bernstein
MD

Toxicology Director

Medical School:
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Residency:
University of Arizona

Fellowship:
Medical Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Arizona

Interests:
All things poison

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Laksmy Castillo
MD

Medical School:
Florida State University College of Medicine

Residency:
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine /Jackson Health System

Fellowship: 
Ultrasound at Jackson Memorial Hospital

Interests:
Ultrasound, global medicine, quality improvement, underserved populations.

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Hector Chavez
MD

Holtz Children’s Hospital
Pediatric ED Medical Director

Medical School:
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

Residency:
All Children’s Hospital

Fellowship:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota

Interests:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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Armando Clift
MD

City of Miami Emergency Medical Services Director

Medical School:
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA/ Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine and Science

Residency:
Los Angeles General Medical Center

Interests:
Emergency medical services.

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Sara Cortes
MD

Jackson North Medical Center
Pediatric ED Director

Medical School:
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Residency:
Pediatrics at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine /Jackson Health System

Fellowship:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine at New York Methodist

Interests:
Medical education and simulation

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Kelly Medwid
MD

Simulation Director

Medical School:
SUNY Downstate Medical School

Residency:
NYU Health + Hospitals Bellevue

Fellowship:
Simulation Fellowship at NYU Health + Hospitals Bellevue

Interests:
Simulation and education

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Judith Oriental-Pierre
MD

Director of the Roxcy Bolton Rape Treatment Center

Medical School:
Ross University School of Medicine

Residency:
University of Connecticut

Fellowship:
Ultrasound at University of South Florida

Interests:
Ultrasound, international medicine, sexual assault and human trafficking prevention, and opiate abuse prevention.

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Matthew Pyle
MD, FACEP

Ultrasound Director

Medical School:
St. George’s University School of Medicine

Residency:
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Fellowship:
Ultrasound Fellowship at George Washington University

Interests:
Ultrasound, medical education, critical care, and international emergency medicine

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Rolando G. Valenzuela
MD, FACEP, DTMH

Global Emergency Medicine Director

Medical School:
Tufts University School of Medicine

Residency:
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Fellowships:
Los Angeles General Medical Center

Interests:
Emergency medicine specialty development, US in Global Health, prehospital education, and trauma systems development

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John Beach
MD

Medical School:
Florida State University

Residency:
UF Health Jacksonville

Interests:
Emergency Medical Services, Simulation, Emergency Medicine Foundations, Credentials and Qualification Committee, and Hospital Leadership

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Suzanne Bialeck
MD

Medical School:
University of Florida College of Medicine

Residency:
Maimonides Medical Center

Fellowship:
Ultrasound at George Washington University

Interests:
Ultrasound education, alternative pain control, and opiod use disorder

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Mark Caputo
MD

Medical School:
The Ohio State University School of Medicine

Residency:
University of Chicago

Interests:
Emergency department systems and operational issues affecting patient care and outcomes, clinical decision rules and evidence-based approaches to improve patient care and optimize utilization of resources, and risk management

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Laura Eliseo
MD, MPH

Medical School:
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Residency:
Boston Medical Center

Fellowship:
Emergency Medical Services at Boston Medical Center

Interests:
Public health and emergency medical services

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John P. Field
MD

Medical School:
Jefferson Medical College

Residency:
Cooper University Hospital

Fellowship:
Emergency Ultrasound at Cook County

Interests:
Emergency Ultrasound, Global EM

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Yoram Gutfreund
MD

Medical School:
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Residency:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi

Interests:
Hyperbarics, dive medicine, wilderness medicine, evidence-based medicine, and resident education

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Gabriela Rivera Camacho
MD

Medical School:
Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine

Residency:
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center

Fellowships:
Ultrasound and Global Health at Carolinas Medical Center

Interests:
Ultrasound education in low resource settings

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Carrie D. Walsh, MD

Medical School:
SKMC Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Residency:
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Fellowship:
Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Interests:
Emergency Ultrasound, Global Health, Medical Education, Simulation, Resuscitative TEE.

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Alexandra Wang
MD

Medical School:
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Residency:
New York Presbyterian — Weill Cornell Medical Center/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Fellowship:
Simulation at New York Presbyterian — Weill Cornell Medical Center

Interests:
Simulation, medical education, artificial intelligence, health tech, bioethics and medical humanities.

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Mike Wells
MD, PhD, FCEM(SA), FEMSSA

Medical school:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Residency:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Interests:
Resuscitation and critical care, emergency drug dosing, point of care ultrasound and echocardiography, procedural sedation and analgesia, global emergency medicine, emergency medicine research.

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Richard Zaidner
MD

Medical School:
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Residency:
Boston Medical Center

Interests:
Administration and ultrasound

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Larry Zaret
DO

Medical School:
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency:
Charity Hospital New Orleans

Interests:
Palliative care, ethics, electrocardiograms, and emergency medicine physical examination

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Isabelle St-Cyr

Program Manager

Hometown:
Quebec, QC

Undergrad:
University of Montreal

Interests:
Medical malpractice avoidance

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Mariah Soria

Program Coordinator

Hometown:
Queens, NY

Undergraduate Degree:
LaGuardia Community College

Interests:
Supporting resident growth and professional development